The great part of the election for me has been to watch the engagement of audiences in live debate. Having taken part in a dozen or so hustings and debates, I'm convinced that we should have far more live discussion between elections, with MPs legally having to attend public meetings when there is a key issue going through parliament, or to consider local issues, once or twice year. Democracy is not what happens during elections, but between them.

This would be one of the measures that I'd introduce in a raft of legislation to improve politics and ensure freedom in Britain, which was exactly the task speakers were set at the excellent Manifesto Club open meeting last week. I assumed the other speakers would deal with the DNA database, stop and search, CCTV, the interception of communications and surveillance by police, so offered some less obvious laws and amendments. I enjoyed the process so much I reckon I could fill a book. But it would more interesting to read what you want to see in the Queen's speech.

A declaration of information technology projects, contracts and consultancies bill

Vast amounts of taxpayers' money are being paid to foreign IT companies, whose services are expensive or are hostile to the public interest. A declaration every year by the head of the civil service would list all contracts and consultancies, cost them exactly, state their purpose and disclose overspends, delays and systems failures. This declaration would take the form of a simple list: it would state clearly which ministers and civil servants were responsible for the initial expenditure and for monitoring progress and performance. The same would apply to all consultants hired by the government.

A personal information bill

This bill would gather together all present laws on personal information and data protection to give the ordinary citizen much greater ownership of his or her data. As Phil Booth of No2ID said the other night on stage during the launch of the film Erasing David, in an information society, our data is increasingly not just a shadow or trail – it's an extension of you. We need to win the battle in this generation, and achieve meaningful control over or ownership of our own personal information.

This would be a bill that ensures the right of people to know all information held about them by government and commercial databases, except in a well-defined security context; to know how that information is being used; to assert ownership if that information is being used for commercial purposes; to edit or erase information that is incorrect or misleading; and to claim for loss if personal data is misused, leaked or lost by a government body or commercial enterprise.

A police intelligence and photography bill

This law would guarantee the rights of citizens to lawfully assemble, demonstrate and express their political beliefs without being photographed by police forward intelligence teams (FITs). All records of those who take part in peaceful demonstrations, or who can show that their participation has been peaceful in protests that have turned violent, to be scrapped from the police database. The new bill would also guarantee the rights of photographers to film and take pictures at any event without being obstructed by police, or instructed to delete their film, and ensure that amateur photographers have similar rights.

Privacy impact assessments

All future legislation under this initiative would be subject to privacy impact assessments by a new House of Commons select committee on privacy, which would also examine technological developments, the activities of web giants and their effect on privacy. The committee would have a wide-ranging and proactive remit, but would focus on laws going through parliament, which would have to gain the committee's positive assessment on personal privacy before being passed.

Anamendment to the Civil Contingencies Act 2004

The act was passed without a murmur of dissent in parliament. It provides for the dismantling of civil society overnight on the word of the prime minister and in some circumstances the parliamentary secretary to the Treasury – in other words, the chief whip. The amended bill would introduce a stricter test of an imminent emergency, which is all that is necessary for the Civil Contingencies Act to be invoked, and ensure that the minister acts reasonably. At the moment it is enough for the chief whip simply to believe that an emergency is about to happen to trigger powers of arrest, mass evacuation, confiscation, kangaroo courts and martial law.

An amendment to the Inquiries Act 2005

This Labour act extended the powers of the state. Amnesty International said the legislation meant that any inquiry would be controlled by the executive, which is empowered to block public scrutiny of state actions. The act currently gives power to ministers to cover up anything they wish. They may now abandon an inquiry if they don't like what it is disclosing, dismiss the chair, alter membership of the inquiry panel and smother findings that were once presented to parliament, but are now presented to the minister. The new amendment would restore power to parliament and independence to the chair of any public inquiry.

A new antisocial behaviour bill

Two weeks ago a man was jailed for shouting at his own television set. He was breaching an antisocial behaviour order imposed upon him for an activity that is not in itself a crime on the basis of hearsay, unproven complaints and gossip. Antisocial behaviour is a problem, however, this legislation would mean that no one could be sent to prison without first committing a crime. The lax standards of proof in asbo cases would be tightened so that the word of a police officer, neighbour or council official would not be enough to send a person to jail.

A football supporters bill

The Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 is abused by police forces all over the country who have used it to stop football fans legitimately attending games. During the current season we have seen section 27 forms banning supporters from matches and ordering them to leave an area, often under police escort, when they have done nothing wrong. This is a breach of their rights. Manchester police have paid compensation to Stoke City supporters after a widely reported incident last year, but it is important that the provisions are redrafted in the current legislation. Following the review of the football banning orders, which allow for the banning of fans and confiscation of passports, new legislation would be introduced to deal fairly with disorder at games.

A children's information and rights bill

The last 10 years have seen an astonishing growth of biometrics in schools – children are being groomed for a life in the surveillance society. This legislation would end CCTV in classrooms and changing rooms. It would also end the practice of schools taking biometrics from children, with or without parents' permission. A new risk-assessment strategy would be undertaken to allow the nation's children to engage in risky activities with parental permission. Risk is good. Schools would be encouraged to run courses on the struggle for rights and liberty and privacy, which would include the history of the chartists, suffragettes and the trade union movement.

A foreign media ownership bill

We cannot prevent foreign interests and individuals owning TV stations, newspapers and important news and opinion websites but this bill would require the Murdoch family, and any other key media player in Britain and who has influence as well as access to No 10, to pay full taxes in Britain as though a resident. The law would introduce limits on the ownership of media by a particular company, or individual, and so defend the nation's media from monopolists like Silvio Berlusconi. The balance is hard to strike between allowing media companies to grow and prosper while making sure that no single concern comes to dominate in the way Rupert Murdoch does: the health and ownership of media companies would remain under review.

A general election and lottery bill

Turnout doesn't look like it's going to be a problem at this election, but here is an idea to make sure that people stay interested and celebrate the wonder of free elections. Camelot would provide £6.5m and run prize draws in every constituency in the UK at the general election. Draw tickets would be issued in exchange for a polling card or a person voting. Cash prizes of £100,000 – say a jackpot of £5,000 and 95 individual prizes of £1,000 – would be announced in every constituency after the returning officer has given the results of the election.